PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked 14th in the nation for its percentage of hospitals that received A grades in the Leapfrog Group’s fall hospital safety grade report released Monday. Leapfrog assigns A, B, C, D and F letter grades to more than 2,600 U.S. hospitals bi-annually, assessing medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections to come…

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